Miscellaneous Tech News

[dbeato]

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018/05/gmail-finally-has-an-offline-mode-but-only-if-you-use-chrome/

[dbeato]

https://www.cryptoninjas.net/2018/05/14/qtum-unveils-x86-virtual-machine/

[DustinB3403]

@jaredbusch said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

@black3dynamite said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

https://fedoramagazine.org/protect-fedora-system-dhcp-flaw/

Already in Stable

In CentOS7 as well.

https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2018-May/022831.html

and my CentOS7 servers

[black3dynamite]

https://www.proxmox.com/en/news/press-releases/proxmox-ve-5-2-released

For those who are using Proxmox, you can manage let’s encrypt certificate via GUI.

I would love to be able to manage let's encrypt certificate via cockpit.

[nadnerB]

https://www.itnews.com.au/news/university-of-tasmania-loses-5m-hpc-cluster-to-floods-491134

[dbeato]

https://www.techrepublic.com/article/linux-admins-dire-vulnerability-gives-attackers-root-access-in-rhel-centos-fedora/

[dbeato]

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/white-house-cybersecurity-coordinator-position-eliminated/

[travisdh1]

@dbeato said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

https://www.techrepublic.com/article/linux-admins-dire-vulnerability-gives-attackers-root-access-in-rhel-centos-fedora/

So very glad I have auto-update running on all my personal stuff. Ouch.

[scottalanmiller]

Ubiquiti UNMS 0.12.1 has released.

[black3dynamite]

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2018/05/softmaker-freeoffice-2018-download

[DustinB3403]

@black3dynamite said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2018/05/softmaker-freeoffice-2018-download

Is this a better alternative than LibreOffice? What makes it a competitor in the market space?

[scottalanmiller]

@black3dynamite said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2018/05/softmaker-freeoffice-2018-download

Runs on Windows, Fedora, and Ubuntu. Not bad. And a free PDF editor for Windows as well.

http://www.softmaker.net/down/softmaker-freeoffice-2018_931-01_amd64.deb
http://www.softmaker.net/down/softmaker-freeoffice-2018-931.x86_64.rpm

[CloudKnight]

@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

@black3dynamite said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2018/05/softmaker-freeoffice-2018-download

Runs on Windows, Fedora, and Ubuntu. Not bad. And a free PDF editor for Windows as well.

http://www.softmaker.net/down/softmaker-freeoffice-2018_931-01_amd64.deb
http://www.softmaker.net/down/softmaker-freeoffice-2018-931.x86_64.rpm

Might give this a try, see if it's any good

[black3dynamite]

@dustinb3403 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

@black3dynamite said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2018/05/softmaker-freeoffice-2018-download

Is this a better alternative than LibreOffice? What makes it a competitor in the market space?

They are known to be more compatible with Microsoft Office and interface is more modern.

[JaredBusch]

@black3dynamite said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

@dustinb3403 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

@black3dynamite said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2018/05/softmaker-freeoffice-2018-download

Is this a better alternative than LibreOffice? What makes it a competitor in the market space?

They are known to be more compatible with Microsoft Office and interface is more modern.

I thought OnlyOffice had nailed the compatibility

[dbeato]

@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

Ubiquiti UNMS 0.12.1 has released.

Upgraded to it now.

[Obsolesce]

@jaredbusch said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

@black3dynamite said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

@dustinb3403 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

@black3dynamite said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2018/05/softmaker-freeoffice-2018-download

Is this a better alternative than LibreOffice? What makes it a competitor in the market space?

They are known to be more compatible with Microsoft Office and interface is more modern.

I thought OnlyOffice had nailed the compatibility

Yeah, but not free.

[scottalanmiller]

@obsolesce said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

@jaredbusch said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

@black3dynamite said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

@dustinb3403 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

@black3dynamite said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2018/05/softmaker-freeoffice-2018-download

Is this a better alternative than LibreOffice? What makes it a competitor in the market space?

They are known to be more compatible with Microsoft Office and interface is more modern.

I thought OnlyOffice had nailed the compatibility

Yeah, but not free.

What's not free?

[PenguinWrangler]

@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

@obsolesce said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

@jaredbusch said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

@black3dynamite said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

@dustinb3403 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

@black3dynamite said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2018/05/softmaker-freeoffice-2018-download

Is this a better alternative than LibreOffice? What makes it a competitor in the market space?

They are known to be more compatible with Microsoft Office and interface is more modern.

I thought OnlyOffice had nailed the compatibility

Yeah, but not free.

What's not free?

Lunch.....Lunch is never free.

[Obsolesce]

@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

@obsolesce said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

@jaredbusch said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

@black3dynamite said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

@dustinb3403 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

@black3dynamite said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2018/05/softmaker-freeoffice-2018-download

Is this a better alternative than LibreOffice? What makes it a competitor in the market space?

They are known to be more compatible with Microsoft Office and interface is more modern.

I thought OnlyOffice had nailed the compatibility

Yeah, but not free.

What's not free?